News in the Grove will host a constantly updated live blog right here all day with impacts from the winter storm in Forest Grove. Should the winter storm continue, we’ll make a new one for Friday.
"Out of an abundance of caution due to weather conditions that are steadily progressing northward, we are cancelling school for today," FGSD said early Thursday morning.
"Out of an abundance of caution due to weather conditions that are steadily progressing northward, we are cancelling school for today," FGSD said early Thursday morning.
A winter storm. Wind gusts up to 45 mph. Ice, freezing rain, snow. We've got information from the National Weather Service, Forest Grove Fire & Rescue, PGE, Washington County, the school district, and more on what could be coming Thursday and Friday.
A winter storm. Wind gusts up to 45 mph. Ice, freezing rain, snow. We've got information from the National Weather Service, Forest Grove Fire & Rescue, PGE, FG Light & Power, TriMet, GroveLink, Washington County, the school district, and more on what could be coming Thursday and Friday.
"Weve had a cluster of calls this evening throughout our response area and our crews have noticed that ice has began to form on roadways and walking areas," Forest Grove Fire & Rescue said Sunday evening. One such crash was near downtown Gales Creek.
School's out for the holidays - but today's wild weather is a good time for parents of students who attend school at facilities in the Forest Grove School District to brush up on snow routes and inclement weather procedures.
Overnight winds brough trees down on area roads, littering Highways 26 and 6 with debris and taking out power for Portland General Electric and West Oregon Electric Co-op customers throughout the region. Highway 6 remained closed in Tillamook County Thursday morning.
High winds are anticipated starting Tuesday afternoon, the Portland Office of the National Weather Service said in a Wind Advisory. Gusts up to 45 mph at lower elevation areas are expected, and higher coast range elevations could see 60 mph gusts.
